{"id":2187,"date":"2011-04-15T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T13:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/valdosta-downtown-farm-days-mara-register.html"},"modified":"2011-04-15T09:27:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T13:27:11","slug":"valdosta-downtown-farm-days-mara-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/valdosta-downtown-farm-days-mara-register.html","title":{"rendered":"Valdosta Downtown Farm Days &mdash;Mara Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5618863772\/in\/set-72157626502843006\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5021\/5618863772_db009686ac_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nMara Register came to the Lowndes County Commission regular meeting\nto talk about Downtown Valdosta Farm Days,\nfollowing up from the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/04\/farm-days-connecting-lowndes-county-and-the-city-of-valdosta.html\">\nFarm Days organizational meeting Monday.<\/a>\n<p>\nI think her main points were:\n<ol>\n<li>\nProvide additional information about healthy eating\nwith food from local farmers,\nthus helping solve the epidemic of childhood obesity in Georgia.\n<li>\nEconomic development opportunity for small farmers.\n<li>\nPromote downtown district.\n<\/ol>\nWhen?\nThe Saturday after First Friday and the Saturday after Art After Dark.\n<p>\nWhere?\nThe parking spaces around the historic courthouse.\n<p>\nNo livestock.\nLocal produce.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-3KagMc0D2w\">\nvideo of the first part of what she said.<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-3KagMc0D2w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nRegular Meeting, Lowndes County Commission, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 April 2011\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nLogistics, such as no cooking, because\n\n<!--more-->\nwant cooperation of downtown restaurants.\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eA_pEaw7EzU\">\nvideo part 2.<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eA_pEaw7EzU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nRegular Meeting, Lowndes County Commission, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 April 2011\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\nQ: Richard Raines wanted to know who the vendors would be.\n<p>\nA: Local, organic, minority farmers.\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T37TX0ZnpKs\">\nThe third part.<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T37TX0ZnpKs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nRegular Meeting, Lowndes County Commission, Lowndes County, Georgia, 12 April 2011\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mara Register came to the Lowndes County Commission regular meeting to talk about Downtown Valdosta Farm Days, following up from the Farm Days organizational meeting Monday. 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